Posted on December 3, 2009 at 2:47 pm
To view the original article please click here. GROUP OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO CYBER REGULATIONS Eric Chabrow, GovInfoSecurity.com, 12/03/2009 The Internet Security Alliance, an industry group affiliated with Carnegie Mellon’s cybersecurity laboratory, issued a report Thursday that argues that giving businesses incentives and not regulating them will better safeguard the nation’s IT systems. Entitled Implementing the Obama […]
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To view the original article please click here. NEW STUDY CALLS FOR CYBERSECURITY OVERHAUL IN U.S. Grant Gross (IDG News Service), Computer World, 12/03/2009 The U.S. government and private businesses need to overhaul the way they look at cybersecurity, with the government offering businesses new incentives to fix security problems, the Internet Security Alliance said. The […]
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To view the original article please click here. NEW INTERNET SECURITY ALLIANCE REPORT LAYS OUT FRAMEWORKS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBAMA’S CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY GSN: Government Security News, 12/03/2009 The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) has released a new report aimed at taking the Obama Administration’s ‘Cyberspace Policy Review’ document to the next level, according to a recent ISA press […]
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To view the original article please click here. GROUP PROPOSES ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY William Jackson, GCN (Government Computer News), 12/03/2009 Cybersecurity is fundamentally an economic rather than a technical issue, and government needs to address it by providing economic incentives to the private sector rather than issuing regulatory mandates, an industry trade association […]
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To view the original article please click here. ISALLIANCE DELIVERS CYBER SECURITY REPORT Anthony Freed, Current.com, 12/03/2009 The Internet Security Alliance held a luncheon at the National Press Club today to unveil their much anticipated recommendations to Congress and the Obama Administration regarding the future course of national cybersecurity policy. The landmark report, entitled Implementing the […]
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 2:52 pm
To view the original article please click here. U.S. CYBERSECURITY CAN HALT 80% OF ATTACKS AT BEST Kenneth Corbin, Internetnews.com, 11/19/2009 Senior government officials overseeing the nation’s cyber defenses told a Senate panel this morning that agencies are doing more to coordinate their far-ranging efforts, but that even in the best-case scenario, the hackers are often […]
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To view the original article please click here. SENATE PANEL: 80 PERCENT OF CYBER ATTACKS PREVENTABLE Kim Zetter, Wired, 11/17/2009 If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cyber attacks could be prevented, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. The remark was made by Richard Schaeffer, […]
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 2:55 pm
To view the original article please click here. OBAMA ADMINISTRATION UNSURE ABOUT NEW CYBERSECURITY LAWS Grant Gross (IDG News Service), PC World, 11/17/2009 Current laws addressing cyber crime aren’t adequate to address growing attacks on the government and businesses, a representative of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration said Tuesday. “Are all of you, or any of […]